I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon

Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by dizzystar on Saturday August 12, 2017 @03:32AM (#14996870)

Both eBay and Amazon are "hackable" by both the buyer and seller. The available scams are different, but neither party of a transaction is 100% safe.

In my experience, eBay is MUCH more slanted to the seller than Amazon.

The real sophisticated scammers are truly unbelievable. Unfortunately, I can't say more on this stuff, but I'll hint that the most egregious scams use both eBay and Amazon, pitting the flaws of each company against each other.

I can't say with any pride that I likely know every possible scam to run on each site as a buyer or seller, although I've never personally executed any scams.

As an FYI, any seller who sells on eBay sells on Amazon. They will push to whatever they can get away with on each platform.

I'll add: to protect yourself as a buyer, find the seller ratings before you decide to purchase. For eBay, bare minimum, 99%. Anything less is too low, even for Top Rated. For Amazon, 99% as well.

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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by vanderreeah on Saturday August 12, 2017 @07:02AM (#14997420)

Curious whence comes your familiarity with the scams?

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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by exikyut on Monday August 14, 2017 @09:15PM (#15014553)

My guess is lawyer of some kind who has somehow managed to drown in this exact type of case, either by chance or deliberate job placement.

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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by exikyut on Monday August 14, 2017 @09:14PM (#15014546)

Can you share any hints that could be used to red-flag a particular seller? Sophisticated users are surely not going to use the same account name on both platforms.

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